KICKOFF ROUND 9 SATURDAY CROMER PARK V 6TH MAY 2017

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ello and welcome to Cromer Park, players Sasa Macura is United’s player to watch today. and supporters from APIA Leichhardt H The defensive midfielder never has a bad game, Tigers. and has started 2017 in vintage form. In what promises to be an enticing Saturday Also look for Nikola Taneski to have a big 90 evening clash on the Northern Beaches, both minutes. teams will be desperate to secure three points. He was impressive last start at Lilys Football Warren Grieve’s Manly United squad need to Centre in Seven Hills, and has added some real bounce back following their 3-2 defeat last quality in the final third after joining the club in Saturday versus Blacktown City FC. the off-season. APIA also tasted defeat, with Sydney Olympic See you at the game, with kick-off at 7pm. snaring three points in a 2-1 triumph at Lambert Park. Go you mighty Manly United FC!

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anly United’s premiership credentials go The defeat allowed Rockdale City Suns and Mon the line this week when APIA Leichhardt Blacktown to leapfrog them on the table. Tigers come to Cromer Park. With so much on the line in this match, neither The boys from the Northern Beaches have side will give anything less than their best. dropped out of the top five for the first time this season after a loss to Blacktown City FC and anything less than a win could see them fall dangerously behind in a tight race for a spot in the finals.

Warren Grieve’s team has been one of the most dangerous in attack scoring 20 goals from their eight matches. However, they will be up against the league’s second best defence in APIA Leichhardt who have shipped only eight goals in eight games.

APIA will also be out for a bounce back performance after falling to Sydney Olympic FC last round.

1ST GRADE - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 6 2 0 23 10 13 20

2 Blacktown City FC 8 6 2 0 17 10 7 20

3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 6 0 2 19 8 11 18

4 Sydney Olympic FC 8 5 2 1 13 7 6 17

5 Sydney United 58 FC 8 5 0 3 20 9 11 15

6 Manly United FC 8 4 2 2 20 16 4 14

7 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 4 1 3 11 9 2 13

8 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 3 2 3 15 14 1 11

9 Sydney FC 8 1 0 7 9 18 -9 3

10 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 1 0 7 10 22 -12 3

11 Parramatta FC 8 0 2 6 8 25 -17 2

12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 0 1 7 11 28 -17 1

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Blacktown City FC 3 - Manly United FC 2 at Lily’s Football Stadium Blacktown City survived a late scare against Manly United to edge fellow championship hopefuls Manly United FC 3-2 at Lilys Football Centre on Saturday evening. It was one way traffic after 80 minutes for the hosts with a brace from star Danny Choi and a goal from substitute James Andrew sending Mark Crittenden’s side heading toward a comfortable victory. But late consolation goals from Nikola Taneski and Travis Oughtred sliced Blacktown City’s advantage and added a sheen of respectability to the score line the visitors had scarcely merited prior to their fightback. Although the visitors were handicapped by the unfortunate late withdrawal of Matthew Fletcher, who was replaced by Taneski in the matches opening moments after a nasty collision with the fence, Warren Grieve’s side could only manage a handful of shots en route to their consecutive third match without a win. The win means Blacktown City remain undefeated this season after eight rounds and now sit in second position on the ladder behind only on goal difference with leaders Rockdale City Suns.

APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1 - Sydney Olympic FC 2 at Lambert Park Sydney Olympic has bounced back from the sudden resignation of coach to deliver an inspired 2-1 win against PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition leaders APIA Leichhardt Tigers at Lambert Park on Sunday. The sudden departure of Portuguese head coach Jaime Monroy proved no distraction for the visitors as they notched their fifth win of the season in impressive style. Olympic gave their travelling fans a performance to be proud of as they raced out of the block with Yu Kuboki and Radovan Pavicevic finding the net during the first half. APIA struggled to find their way into the way during what was a lethargic performance from Danial Cummins’ top of the table side. A late goal from tricky winger Corey Bizco proved to be a mere consolation for the home side as they suffered only their second defeat of the season.

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24 Aidan HANCOCK 24 Shaho ISMAEEL HASAN 25 George FIRTH 25 Aedon KYRA 26 Charlie BAKER 26 Christian THEUMA 27 Brandon LEMAY 27 Antonio TASSONE 28 Mitchell ROOKE 28 Benjamin MCCARRON 29 Nathan SEPAROVIC 29 Mathew BARKHO 30 Marley PETERSON 30 Rainer SMAHEL 31 Edward RINALDI 31 Jordan MORFITIS 32 Sheldon TWEEDIE 32 Stephan ADATTINI 33 Jamie GLOVER 33 Abdul Khaliq MOHSENI 34 Jacob CABAN 34 Nicholas POGONOWSKI 36 Lachlan MCGRATH 35 Jackson VOLARICH 37 Finn ASHTON 36 Jack ARMSON 38 Kye CONNA 37 Dominion NASRABADI 35 Jesse PIRIZ 38 Samuel GULISANO 39 Hayden TUCKER 39 Samuel PASLIS Tristen Van RHOON 56 Hayden MACEROLA

Coach: Warren Grieve Coach: Michael Urukalo AssistantCoach: Milos Malatinec Assistant Coach: James Bottalico Manager: Eda Rigoni Manager: Mario Guerrera

UNDER 20s - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 6 1 1 30 9 21 19 2 Blacktown City FC 8 6 0 2 17 11 6 18 3 Sydney United 58 FC 8 5 1 2 14 8 6 16 4 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 4 1 3 22 12 10 13 5 Sydney FC 8 3 3 2 11 8 3 12 6 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 3 2 3 11 11 0 11 7 Sydney Olympic FC 8 3 2 3 16 18 -2 11 8 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 3 0 5 12 18 -6 9 9 Manly United FC 8 2 2 4 16 17 -1 8 10 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 2 2 4 8 18 -10 8 11 Parramatta FC 8 2 1 5 9 14 -5 7 12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 1 1 6 7 29 -22 4

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eigning premiers Manly United have picked Rup just two points from an available fifteen in their last five matches and a 1-0 loss against Blacktown City last weekend sees the Cromer Park side enter round nine in ninth position. It’s a run of form the competition heavyweights will need to overturn sooner rather than later – but they will need to muster their best performance of the season when they go toe to toe with a flying APIA Leichhardt Tigers. Michael Urukalo’s side started the 2017 campaign with three straight losses but since then, APIA have been in sensational goalscoring form, netting a total of twenty one in their last five encounters. Competition golden boot leader Aedon Kyra and former Western Sydney youth Jordan Morfitis have eight and five goals to their name respectively and will be hoping to fill their boots yet again against a struggling Manly side to lift themselves further up the table.

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1 Samuel BENTON 40 Tristan MICHELMANN 2 Ben VARVARESSOS 41 Zander REGAN 3 Nicholas SIMPSON 42 Nicholas AZZONE 4 Mattias ZERVAS 43 Ethan BLUMENTHAL 5 Samuel WILLIAMS 44 Peter NICHOLS 6 Luca CAVALIERI 45 Fabian KAPROT 7 Rhys VORILLAS 46 Adam KHALAF 8 Tallon ZAHRA 47 Vinko GACIC 9 Oscar CASTEIGT 48 Bradley DOLLIN 10 Jake CHIDIAC 49 Nathan MELLINO 11 Mathew EVANS 50 Zane HICKMAN 12 Matthew CAISLEY 51 Oscar BERNAUER 13 Benjamin BURTON 52 Riccardo LO RUSSO 14 Ryan CHAMBERS 53 James CAKOVSKI 15 Oliver KOVARIK 54 Alexander LASOVSKI 16 Alec VINCI 55 Jarrad WILEY

Coach: Adam Griffiths Coach: Claudio Kapp Assistant Coach: Marty Judge Assistant Coach: Alexander Kapp Manager: Tony Cavalieri Manager: Suzanne Hickman

UNDER 18s - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney FC 8 7 0 1 22 7 15 21 2 Manly United FC 8 5 2 1 15 10 5 17 3 Rockdale City Suns FC 8 4 2 2 20 7 13 14 4 Parramatta FC 8 3 4 1 10 7 3 13 5 Wollongong Wolves FC 8 3 3 2 15 7 8 12 6 Blacktown City FC 8 3 1 4 10 8 2 10 7 Sutherland Sharks FC 8 3 1 4 13 13 0 10 8 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 8 2 3 3 18 21 -3 9 9 Sydney United 58 FC 8 2 2 4 11 16 -5 8 10 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 8 2 1 5 12 21 -9 7 11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 8 1 4 3 9 20 -11 7 12 Sydney Olympic FC 8 0 3 5 8 26 -18 3

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HOMESUBHEAD GROUND - CROMER PARK South Creek Rd, Dee Why

ROUND 02 SUN 19TH MARCH 5 - 3 VS Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

ROUND 04 SUN 2ND APRIL 3 - 2 VS Sydney FC

ROUND 06 FRI 14TH APRIL 0 - 1 VS Sydney Olympic FC

ROUND 07 SUN 23RD APRIL 3 - 3 VS Rockdale City Suns FC

ROUND 09 SAT 6TH MAY 19:00 VS APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

ROUND 11 SAT 20TH MAY 19:00 VS Hakoah Sydney City East FC

ROUND 12 SUN 28TH JUNE 15:00 VS Sutherland Sharks FC

ROUND 14 SAT 10TH JUNE 19:00 VS Wollongong Wolves FC

ROUND 16 SAT 24TH JUNE 19:00 VS Parramatta FC

ROUND 19 SUN 23RD JULY 15:00 VS Blacktown City FC

ROUND 21 SAT 5TH AUGUST 19:00 VS Sydney United 58 FC

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